Published July 2010
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Journal article
Simulation of radioactive decay in GEANT Monte Carlo codes: Comparison between spectra and efficiencies computed with sch2for and G4RadioactiveDecay
Creators
- 1. ENEA Istituto Nazionale di Metrologia delle Radiazioni Ionizzanti (INMRI), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, I-00123 Rome (Italy)
- 2. Physics Department, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Viale B. Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
Description
Two CERN Monte Carlo codes, i.e. GEANT3.21 and GEANT4, were compared. The specific routine (sch2for), implemented in GEANT3.21 to simulate a disintegration process, and the G4RadioactiveDecay class, provided by GEANT4, were used for the computation of the full-energy-peak and total efficiencies of several radionuclides. No reference to experimental data was involved. A level of agreement better than 1% for the total efficiency and a deviation lower than 3.5% for the full-energy-peak efficiencies were found.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.024Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.024;
- PII
- S0969-8043(09)00807-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes
- Journal Volume
- 68
- Journal Issue
- 7-8
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1428-1432
- ISSN
- 0969-8043
- CODEN
- ARISEF
Conference
- Title
- 17. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
- Acronym
- ICRM 2009
- Dates
- 7-11 Sep 2009
- Place
- Bratislava (Slovakia)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42012674
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CERN; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR DECAY; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTRA
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; DECAY; EVALUATION; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SIMULATION
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.